M-type star · red

71Tau2Aqr

318 lybrightness mag 4.05K5III

Also catalogued as HR 8679 · HD 216032 · HIP 112716

3,691 K

temperature

4.05

apparent magnitude

198× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

318 years

at light speed from Earth

0.64×

as hot as the Sun

198×

the Sun's light output

-0.89

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

71Tau2AqrM-type

Sky regionAquariusthis direction

Nearest stars

69Tau1Aqr →3.6 ly apart
HR 8816 →36 ly apart
57Sig Aqr →40 ly apart
70 Aqr →50 ly apart
HR 8900 →54 ly apart
HR 8596 →61 ly apart

Bright stars in Aquarius

Sadalsuud →mag 2.9
Sadalmelik →mag 3.0
Skat →mag 3.3
55Zet1Aqr →mag 3.6
Safina →mag 3.7
73Lam Aqr →mag 3.7
Albali →mag 3.8
Sadachbia →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Aquarius

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.